Interesting. I am in the process of conceptualizing a nation of about 70 million people with one major metropolitan area surrounded by farms, mountains and suburbs. Four large rivers feed into a fairly large great lake that was formed out of the construction of either one or a series of massive dams.
The majority of the power comes from hydroelectric which is supported by both wide spread private solar power on roof tops and a few wind farms on some of the plains that flow down from the mountains.
The country pursues green solutions to consumption, it is not in a political position to pursue nuclear power and while it did have a history of coal power usage, it preferred to use hydro electric to kill three birds with one stone (produce a massive area of prime lakefront property, produce massive amounts of power and transform the formerly flood prone swamp area downstream from the lake into prime farmland).
So around 70 million people in a very modern 1st world nation need power. Can it be done with mostly hydro electric?
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